ϫⲛⲟϥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϫⲉⲛⲟϥ (čenof), ϫⲉⲛⲟⲃ (čenob) — Sahidic
• ϭⲛⲟϥ (cnof), ϣⲛⲟϥ (šnof), ϣⲛⲟⲩϥ (šnouf) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḏnf (“basket”), from Semitic.

Noun

ϫⲛⲟϥ • (čnof) m

1. (Sahidic) basket, crate

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: شنف

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 777
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 317
• TLA lemma no. C7270 (ϫⲛⲟϥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]